Ricky Ponting and Stephen Fleming at NZ Open: video

The New Zealand Open teed off today in a unique pro-am format. Playing alongside the professionals are a bunch of celebrities, athletes and other important people – much like the Dunhill Championship or the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Ricky Ponting and Stephen Fleming are two famous athletes who are in the field playing with Daniel Popovic and Mark Brown. It sounds like Ponting had a good day, Feling not so much. You can see how the professionals are going here: New Zealand Open live scores

If you’ve been reading Aussie Golfer closely you may have seen that Ricky Ponting beat Daniel Popovic off the stick prior to the Victorian Open last week – only to then carry the bag for the former Australian PGA Champion over the weekend.